Belfast Central railway station

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Belfast Central
Location
Place	East Bridge Street, Belfast
Local authority	Belfast City Council
Operations
Managed by	Translink
Platforms in use	4
History
1976	Opened
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Belfast Central railway station serves the city of Belfast in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

Located on East Bridge Street in the city, Central is the northern terminus of the popular inter-city Enterprise service to Dublin Connolly, which runs every two hours. As well as this service, Central is also served by Northern Ireland Railways, which operates routes to other locations in Northern Ireland, including Derry, Bangor, Portadown and Larne.

Regular services also operate between Central and the City's other main stations: Great Victoria Street, Botanic and City Hospital. Intending passengers travelling to and from Central are at present, upon presentation of a valid rail ticket, permitted to travel at no cost on Belfast's Metro service to the city centre.

Despite the name of the station, it is significantly further from Belfast city centre than Great Victoria Street station. The station was opened on 26 April 1976.^[1] By the 1990's, it became clear that the facilities at Central were in need of upgrading. A major refurbishment programme started in 2000 and was completed in 2003.^[2]

The first ever manager of Belfast Central Station was Jonny Johnston who held the post from 1978 to 1982, before retiring from a life of transport (He had previously worked for the bus service of Northern Ireland and held the position of Inspector for many years.)

Preceding station	Northern Ireland Railways			Following station
Portadown or Lisburn (Sundays)		Enterprise Belfast-Dublin		Terminus
Botanic		Northern Ireland Railways Belfast-Derry		Mossley West
Botanic		Northern Ireland Railways Belfast-Larne		Yorkgate
Botanic		Northern Ireland Railways Belfast-Bangor		Bridge End

[edit] References

1. ^ Central 1. IRRS. Retrieved on 2008-05-08.
2. ^ Central 2. Translink. Retrieved on 2008-05-08.

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